THE HAWKS
Ronnie Hawkins (born January 10, 1935) is a rockabilly musician whose career has spanned more than half a century. He played a pivotal role in the establishment of premiere backing musicians via his band, The Hawks. The most successful of those eventually formed The Band, while other musicians Hawkins had recruited provided the makings of Janis Joplin’s Full Tilt Boogie Band. (More from Wikipedia)
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The future members of the Band, over a period of several years, gradually joined the backing band for rockabilly singer Ronnie Hawkins, which was called the Hawks. After Hawkins himself left, they were known briefly as the Levon Helm Sextet, but then quickly settled on the name that their fans have often heard, Levon and the Hawks.
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